Wheel.



- PATENTBD MAY 29, 1906.

S. J. TURNER.

PATENT OFFICE.

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' WHEEL.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mayes, 190e.

y 1 1 application nea september 1, i905. semina. 276,7'14'.

' To concern.:

Befitknown that I, SAMUEL J. TURNER, a

. f citizen .of theUnited States, residing at Chicaghin the county oflCook and State oflllilowing 'is a speciiication.

My-invention relates to the-construction of Wheels, and ,has reference more particularly to ymetalxwheels suchasare employed on auformed are united face to face b tomobiles, cars, and other heavy vehicles. The main4 object ofthe invention is to provide'a simple' and strong Wheel structure that may-beeconomicall and easily constructed and assembled and t at shalll combine a maxi- .muml of'strength land rigidity with a minimum "of metal" and weight. j

.f To thislend my-iinvention resides in a Wheel characterized principally l id disk-shaped memby thefprovision of a pairof symmetrical so, bers securely riveted togetherwith their inner faces incontact tnro ughout the outer pol'- tion of the body or Web of the Wheel,- each of said disk-sha edi"members having a series of integral radia ribs extending from the hub to the outer periphery or rim, substantially as d hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accom anying drawings, mechanical em-l which show an approve o bodiment of my invention, Fiy re 1 41s a side 'elevational view of the Wheelody and hub With a fragment of the rimniounted thereon,

' and Fig. 2 is a central cross-section through the'hub and upper portion of the body.

Referring to the drawings, it Will be seen that- `the Wheel structure is rincipally made up of a pair of thin metal dis is, each 'of Which has an annular outer portion 5, lying in a plane at right angles to the axis of the hub,

' yand an inner or central portion 6, that is out- Wardly flared from its junction with the flat portion 5 to its connection with the hub. Disl ter portion of each disk is outwardly bent at right 'angles to form a iiange 8, lthe two flanges together constituting a seat'for .the usual channel-rim, (indicated at 9 in Fig. 1;) It

*will also l observed that the ribs 7 partake ef the dished character of the disks in Wmch they are formed, each rib being bent to form an angle substantially opposite the 'unction of the Hat and yinclined portions 5'an of th disk. These/ribs or spokes 7 constitute radial reinforcements of the disks, adapting the latter to'resist compressional strains exerted upon the `wheel by the load, as well as effecttively resisting any tendency on the art of the Wheel to Warp or buckle. The dis thus outer and inner rivets 10 and 11, respective y, the outer` annular portions being 1n face cbntact, as

shown in Fig. 2, the flanges 8 together forming an annular seat forv the rim 9, and the flaring portions 6 being suitably secured at their inner margins to the hub. For this lat ter purpose I preferably bend the inner Inarginal portions of the flaring members 6` into planes parallel with each other and at right angles'to the axis of the hub, as shown 'at 12 in Fig. 2, turning inwardl the extreme margins to form short li s or anges 13, lying parallel withthe axis o the hub, and between the parts thus formed I `interpose an inner hub memberY 14, said parts bein rigidly united 'by a series yof bolts 15. 'i here a hub of somewhat greater len th than the Width of the central portion o the wheel isdesired, this maybe readily obtained, as shown in Fig. 2, by bolting to the outer portions 12 of the disks the inner and outer hub extensions 16 and 17, respectively, which latter parts may convenientlybe attached by the bolts 15, above referred to.

The described formation of the two sym formed are readily and quickly assembled by simply bringing them together into their proper relatlve positions and permanently and rigidly uniting them by the transverserivets and bolts. The rim' 9 may then be slipped over the periphery and united thereto by any suitable means, such as rivets 1.8.

A Wheel constructed as above described IOO y sightly appearance, and with the integral ribs or spokes extending clear to the rim and vthe invention or -'sacrificing any of the adthev outer tlat marginal portions rigidly bolted together possesses an even greater resistance capacity to bucklingl strains than Wheelswhich are made dish-shaped throughout their-entire extent from hub to rini,

I do noty lilnit the invention to the precise and exact details described and shown, since it is evident that these might be varied by those skilled in't'he art to some extent to suit individual tastes'without departing from vantages thereof.

` I claini-l 1. A wheel-bodycomprising a air of solid metal vdisks having outer annular portions parallel tov each other and rigidly united and central oppositelydished portions adapted to receive the hub, said disksalso having integral laterally-offset spokes formed therein extending from hub to rim, substantially as described.

2. A Wheel-body comprising a pair of solid metal disks having outer annular .portions l parallel `to each other and rigidly united in surface contact with each other, and central oppositely-dished portions adapted to receive the hub, said disks also having integral spokes outwardly'pressed therefrom and extending frorn hub to rim, substantially as described.

3. A wheel-body comprising a pair of solid thin metal disks having outer annular portions parallel to each other and rigidly united in surface contact with each other, oppositely-exte'nding peripheral flanges unitedly constituting a seatior the rim, and central Oppositely-dished portions adapted to receive they hub, said disks also having integral spokes outwardly pressed from' the metal of said annular and di'shed portions, substantially as described.

4. A metal Wheel comprising a pair ofsolid thin'jmetal disks each formed with a flat outer annularportion, a peripheral flange, a central dished portion, and a series of outwardlypressed radial reinforcin ribs extendin across the full width of bot i the annular an dished portions, said disks being rigidly united with their annular portions in contact with each other, a rim mounted upon said peripheral flanges, and a hub secured to the inner margins of the dished portions,` substantially as described.

SAMUEL J. TURNER.

Witnesses SAMUEL N. POND, FREDERICK C, GOODWIN. 

